I would say that it has now got to point that Blizzard should be looking at some form compensation. Personally I would prefer an in game item, such as a boost to a faction's rep or something that provides an exp boost, to a free day.

So, how much of it are you sure is based on Blizzard's servers, and not an ISP in your area/region of the world?

Rogers, a major Canadian ISP for the eastern side of the country, had twice done network updates across their service area, that rendered WoW unplayable (20,000+ ms latency the moment you login, provided you could login... rest of the internet ran fine), lasting over 8hrs each time before they did anything to fix it. And it was twice within a year's time. Despite impacting tens if not hundreds of thousands of users, Blizzard didn't offer compensation, because it wasn't their fault.

Make sure the issue is with Blizzard and not your ISP, before asking to be compensated.

Games are not necessarily "easier" today. You are just a better player.
It takes more now to impress many gamers than it did 2-5 years ago, because so much has already been seen and done.
Many players expect to be wow'd with every release of a beloved franchise.
These are generally NOT the fault of the developers, but the fault of many players over-hyping and/or setting expectations too high.

All the people saying "Lol stop bitching"....We have paid for this service and we are not receiving it....Therefore, like with any company, we should be liable for compensation considering the product we are paying for has been down, for no fault of the customers own.

It may not be Blizzards fault, but its most certainly not the paying customers fault.

---------- Post added 2012-12-29 at 06:46 PM ----------

Originally Posted by ZeroEdgeir

So, how much of it are you sure is based on Blizzard's servers, and not an ISP in your area/region of the world?

Rogers, a major Canadian ISP for the eastern side of the country, had twice done network updates across their service area, that rendered WoW unplayable (20,000+ ms latency the moment you login, provided you could login... rest of the internet ran fine), lasting over 8hrs each time before they did anything to fix it. And it was twice within a year's time. Despite impacting tens if not hundreds of thousands of users, Blizzard didn't offer compensation, because it wasn't their fault.

Make sure the issue is with Blizzard and not your ISP, before asking to be compensated.

All the people saying "Lol stop bitching"....We have paid for this service and we are not receiving it....Therefore, like with any company, we should be liable for compensation considering the product we are paying for has been down, for no fault of the customers own.

It may not be Blizzards fault, but its most certainly not the paying customers fault.

Except nowhere in the Terms of Service does it state the service will be running 100% of the time. It's an impossible request to expect that. Additionally, while it may not be the customer's fault, if it isn't Blizzard's fault either (see: ISP, the people providing you with internet access), they are not required to compensate you for something that isn't on their hands either.

Games are not necessarily "easier" today. You are just a better player.
It takes more now to impress many gamers than it did 2-5 years ago, because so much has already been seen and done.
Many players expect to be wow'd with every release of a beloved franchise.
These are generally NOT the fault of the developers, but the fault of many players over-hyping and/or setting expectations too high.

So that $.50 worth of play time needs compensated? Do you all ask for compensation from EVERY source you pay service fees for and the service is down for technical issues?

Really sad what the player base of this game as come down to, constant complaints, and feeling that blizzard owes you something, andf if they don't give you want you want, incoming "blizzard doesn't care" and "I am canceling my sub!"..

Sad really.

And like was said above, no where does it say you are assured game time 100% of the time...problems happen. Get over it and stop complaing about $.50. Go outside or something.

Stop being a spoiled, self-centered brat who thinks he is entitled to everything, just because his parents pay 12 euro per month to keep you off the streets.

---------- Post added 2012-12-29 at 07:51 PM ----------

Originally Posted by Taters91

People have been saying this since WoW was release... there will NEVER be any compensation for downtime. Hell it's only been 1 day so far.

We actually received a number of compensations in the past. Sometimes maybe even without your knowledge.
Check your Battle.net account status to see if this applies to you.

Originally Posted by Furkel

There's always, ALWAYS a "huge uproar" about anything Blizz does, usually from people who either don't entirely understand the thing they're complaining about, or refuse to acknowledge that most players are perfectly okay with the current state of affairs. Whenever people complain that they don't listen to feedback it mostly means "they don't listen to ME ME ME".

They always give us a free day when stuff like this happens. It's not even possible in the slightest that they wouldn't.

usually, they do not.
1) I don't remember such a widescale incapacity on wow since...
2) I haven't had a free day since 28/05/2009 though there have been several days I couldn't play wow because of servers malfunction.

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